USA Goes Back to Back in this year’s Match!

We got whisked away to Delaware last weekend, and the American Darters Association along with our England Counterparts not only gave our thanks to Veteran’s nationwide, but also celebrated another great competition match with the annual Darts Across the Sea Match! The event was born 41 years ago with Northampton, Massachusetts vs Northampton England.

This anniversary team consisted of ADA Members from 4 states: Ohio, Missouri, Pennsylvania and of course our hosting state of Delaware.

The final roster was:

1. Team Captain Andrew Webber DE 
2. Michael Meadows DE
3. Jason Yoder DE
4. John Newsome DE  
5. Jen Clendaniel DE
6. Cheryl Weber DE
7. Cory Biego PA
8. Louis Bove PA
9. Kim Hawthorne OH
10. Samantha Kerby OH
11. John Cooke (A) DE
12. Karl Remick (A) MO

Team England 

The final roster was:

1. Team Captain Jamie Elliott 
2. Gary MountCastle 
3. Callum Mitchell 
4. Jeff Billingham 
5. Harvey Mitchell
6. Dennis Walton
7. Selena Mullen 
8. Vix Crocker
9. Stacee Dexter
10. Kristy Bond    

Our match on state side was held at Christiana Pub located at 10 W Main St, Christiana, DE 19702.  The owners name is Cynthia Mistretta and we greatly appreciate having her host us all weekend. England’s hosting location, which is the same as last year’s is, FoundryMan’s Pub.

The start to determine which team is “Home” and “Away” the team captains selected VIP’s from each side to throw 9 darts to obtain the highest score.  England selected new ADA Team England Captain Jamie Elliott. On our side we selected newest ADA Rep from Harrisburg PA area, Tony Reigle.  We are happy to announce
USA is the Home Team and will start the Odd Numbered games! Thanks Tony (who also kept score as well)!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The scoring between the two countries was on our partner’s DartConnect! We appreciate the DartConnect team and all that they do for us!
The format, a team of 10 vs a team of 10 consisting of Mixed Doubles, Men’s Doubles, Mixed Triples and everyone plays Singles. All matches are best two out of three, best of 18 legs.

England started red hot with a score of 6 – 2 in the first 4 matches.  But then USA went on a 2 win ride in the next 7 matches with England only grabbing 4 wins.  The battle went back and forth here and there from each set format.  For the official game count and scores, click on this link:

Official 2023 DATS Score Card 

The 41st Anniversary Match was in the books with another USA Win!! Final Score: 25 – 17! 

I would like to thank Gloria Remick and Jamie Elliott for all their time and commitment making this event a hit on both sides of the pond! This event started in 1982 and we continue to keep it going! Also a special thanks to ADA TD Rep Michael Meadows on his gorgeous set up for making this weekend of Steel Tip possible for everyone!

We would also like to thank and give shout outs to our partners in this historical challenge: GLD/Viper, Wolfman Productions LLC, the Locations, Christiana Pub and FoundryMan’s Pub, Hattrick Vending our ADA Reps Andrew Webber, John Cooke, Kim Hawthorne & Cory Biego, DartConnect, ADA Home Office and our members nationwide for making this possible! Cheers to next year! Thank you!